The Gray Area with Sean Illing

The Gray Area with Sean Illing takes a philosophy-minded look at culture, technology, politics, and the world of ideas. Each week, we invite a guest to explore a question or topic that matters. From the the state of democracy, to the struggle with depression and anxiety, to the nature of identity in the digital age, each episode looks for nuance and honesty in the most important conversations of our time. New episodes drop every Monday. From the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Philosophy
Politics
News Commentary
626
Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of chan...
90 min
627
I build a world with fantasy master N.K. Jemisin
79 min
628
Reup: Zephyr Teachout vs. Corruption
89 min
629
Is our economy totally screwed? Andrew Yang and...
68 min
630
Chef Marcus Samuelsson on immigration, creativi...
69 min
631
Why online politics gets so extreme so fast
62 min
632
Taking Trump’s corruption seriously
62 min
633
The surprising story of how American politics p...
62 min
634
The most important idea for understanding Ameri...
73 min
635
What economists and politicians get wrong about...
54 min
636
How to disagree better
94 min
637
Jaron Lanier’s case for deleting social media r...
77 min
638
The most clarifying conversation I’ve had about...
65 min
639
The Supreme Court vs. Democracy
64 min
640
Eric Garcetti on the lessons of Los Angeles
60 min
641
What Ellen Pao saw coming
51 min
642
The Green Pill
57 min
643
How Jane Mayer exposed Eric Schneiderman, Bush’...
71 min
644
Political power and the racial wealth gap
77 min
645
Tyler Cowen on the painful end of American comp...
84 min
646
A mind-expanding conversation with Michael Pollan
79 min
647
Optimism about America
78 min
648
The New York Times’s lead Clinton reporter refl...
55 min
649
The age of "mega-identity" politics
74 min
650
Is American democracy really in decline? A debate.
110 min